Hand in Hand

"if john and aeryn werent married when their child was born then its known as a bastard. thats what the definition of "bastard" is. so thats probably why they wanted them to get married before she had her baby"

Asked by Anonymous

Okay.

a) I know what a “bastard” is.

b) It’s an offensive, antiquated earth based term.

c) The Peacekeepers did not have marriage and did not have children born into marriage or out of it why would this even enter Aeryn’s mind.

d) John never struck me as especially religious, conservative, or eager to live out some kind of “traditional marriage” fantasy, especially after 4 years in space. 

e)  I don’t think embracing traditional religious conservative earth values and practices is what the show meant by telling Aeryn she could be “more”.

f) If someone not John tried to introduce Aeryn to the concept of some children not having as much value as others based on the how and when of their conception and birth I think she’d laugh in their face and then punch them and then go share the stupidity she just heard with John.

g) If John tried to introduce her to the concept I think she’d laugh in his face and then punch him and then check him out for possible alien possession.

h) Seriously, it’s offensive and does not make sense within the universe.

i) If the writers just did it for themselves they’re jerks and they weren’t paying attention during the series.

j)  If the writers did it for the audience they don’t have a very high opinion of the audience or how well the audience was paying attention during the series.

k)  Why go to “bastard” when you could chalk her weird insistence up to pregnancy hormones  - those were some super powerful biological changes Aeryn was going through to grow a perfectly healthy full term baby in 3 days and not rip her body apart like a scene from Alien.

l)  Actually k isn’t a terrible solution all things considered, thanks anon.

"Indeed, the idea of ‘winning the girl’ – of overcoming female objections or resistance through repeated and frequently escalating efforts – is central to most of our modern romantic narratives. (Female persistence, by contrast, is viewed as pathetic.) And the more I think about instances of creepiness, harassment and stalking that culminate in either the threat or actuality of sexual assault, the more I’m convinced that a massive part of the problem is this socially sanctioned idea that men are fundamentally entitled to persist. Because if men are meant to persist, then women who say no must only be rejecting the attempt, not the man himself, so that every separate attempt becomes one of a potentially infinite number of keys which might just fit the lock of the woman’s approval. She’s not the one who’s allowed to say no, not really; she should be silent and passive as a locked door, waiting patiently while the man runs through however many keys he can be bothered trying. And if he gets sick of this lengthy process and just breaks in? Well, frustration under those circumstances is only natural. Either the door shouldn’t have been there to impede him, or it shouldn’t have been locked."

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The Creepiness Question  (via zombiemovies)

"i know pk wars wasnt perfect but wow u have alot of dislike for it. and on a note, they probably wanted to write in that aeryn gets married before giving birth so that her child wont be a bastard"

Asked by Anonymous

It’s more heartbroken anger than dislike, but yes, yes, I do.  

Won’t be a “bastard” to whom?   

"I’ve found my productive-writing-to-screwing-around ratio to be one to seven. So, for every eight-hour day of writing, there is only one good productive hour of work being done. The other seven hours are preparing for writing: pacing around the house, collapsing cardboard boxes for recycling, reading the DVD extras pamphlet from the BBC Pride & Prejudice, getting snacks lined up for writing, and YouTubing toddlers who learned the “Single Ladies” dance. I know. Isn’t that horrible? So, basically, writing this piece took me the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Enjoy it accordingly."

Reblogged from eyesarelungs

Mindy Kaling (via eyesarelungs)